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Joseph Zimmermann (bishop)

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Joseph Zimmermann
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Born ( 1923-12-12 ) 12 December 1923
Birmenstorf , Aargau , Switzerland
Died 4 December 1988 (1988-12-04) (aged 64)
Map of the diocese of Morombe in southwestern Madagascar
Diocese of Morombe

Joseph Zimmermann ( M.S.F. ) (12 December 1923 ? 4 December 1988) was a Swiss Catholic prelate who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe in Madagascar . [1] [2] [3]

Zimmermann was born in Birmenstorf , Aargau , Switzerland, [4] and attended the College du Christ-Roi in Nuolen . [5] A member of the Missionaries of the Holy Family  [ Wikidata ] , he made his first vows in 1945 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1950. [6] [7] In 1955 he began working as a missionary in Madagascar. [8] [9]

In 1960, Pope John XXIII created the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe and named Zimmermann its bishop. [10] Zimmermann was the first Swiss member of the Missionaries of the Holy Family to be made bishop. [4] He was consecrated on 23 October by Franz von Streng  [ de ; pl ] , with Paul Joseph Girouard and Johannes Anton Vonderach  [ de ; it ] as principal co-consecrators. [1] [4] On 20 November he was installed at the cathedral in Morombe . [6] As of 1965, the diocese of Morombe contained approximately 121,000 people, 10,000 of whom were Catholic. [8]

In 1988 Zimmermann died in office after suffering a fall. [7] [11] His body is buried in Morombe. [6]

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References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Bishop Joseph Zimmermann [Catholic-Hierarchy]" . www.catholic-hierarchy.org . Retrieved 17 May 2021 .
  2. ^ "Vescovo Joseph Zimmermann MSF" . Missionaries of the Holy Family.
  3. ^ "Lasa ny Raiamandreniben'ny diosezin'i Morombe - Lakroan'i Madagasikara on line - Les actualites sociales et religieuses a Madagascar" [The Patriarch of the Diocese of Morombe is gone]. www.lakroa.mg (in Malagasy) . Retrieved 19 August 2021 .
  4. ^ a b c "Consecration episcopale d'un eveque missionnaire suisse" (PDF) . Nouvelliste Valaisan . Vol. 58, no. 242. 19 October 1960. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Mgr Zimmermann fete a Einsiedeln" (PDF) . La Liberte . Vol. 91, no. 252. 28 October 1960. p. 3.
  6. ^ a b c "Missionaires" . ecar-morombe.org . Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe . Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Diocese of Morombe, Madagascar" . GCatholic . Retrieved 12 February 2018 .
  8. ^ a b "Nos eveques missionnaires suisses" (PDF) . Nouvelliste du Rhone . Vol. 5, no. 238. 15 October 1965. p. 10.
  9. ^ "Chronologie der CH-MSF-Madagaskar Mission 02" (PDF) . Miray-Madagaskar (in German). 16 December 2018 . Retrieved 19 August 2021 .
  10. ^ "Un nouvel eveque missionnaire suisse" (PDF) . La Liberte . Vol. 90, no. 138. 15 June 1960. p. 3.
  11. ^ "Creation du diocese" . ecar-morombe.org . Roman Catholic Diocese of Morombe . Archived from the original on 24 February 2021.


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